Hakim wondered if practice time really affected golf scores. He tracked his practice time at the golf course along with his scores in each week's golf match. The scatterplot shows his time in hours and his scores.

Question

Golf Scores and Practice Time

Complete the sentences to describe the trend in the data.

Select ONE correct answer in the box to complete the sentence.

The data show that as the number of practice hours increases, the golf score

does it increase, drecrease or stay the same

Answer 1

The data show that as the number of practice hours increases, the golf score decreases.